hey guys,

I am currently in Australia. I am planning to buy an ipod classic 80gb.

So here's the thing, i am able to get an extended warranty of 2 years for a cost of 50AUD (about RM150). The first year would be from apple and the following 2 years by the company offering the warranty. That makes a total of 3 years security. It is a fairly big company in Australia hence i doubt they would go bankrupt any time soon. It is conveniently accessible as it is in the city. The warranty covers everything in the pack including the earphones.

Would all you forumers who have/had an ipod advise me if i should get the extended warranty. Feel free to let me know your reasons or ask me if you have any questions. The more feedback i get the better it is for me to make my decision as i would know on average if an Ipod is durable and able to last 3 years without a problem. Or perhaps it is simply not worth it to spend so much on the warranty?

Thanks very much guys. All replies would be appreciated.

Cheers

Ipod is known to have battery issues and several other minor problems including crashes when you have large amount of stored songs and videos in a small 'portable hard disk'. These crashes would surely lead to some problems in the future.

The problem here is, even for a matter as small as replacing the battery it comes along with the warranty. Once your warranty is dead, you might as well dump your ipod after a year if there are any problems.

So I would justify buying the extended warranty by asking do you see yourself spending almost RM 1000 for a product that is confirmed to last a year (any problems after the warranty is dead would mean spending $$ for a new unit of ipod) or RM 1150 for a product which is guaranteed to work for 3 years?

And FYI, the applecare extended warranty is literally the best warranty program on earth. They are always willing to replace a new unit for you. So you might give that a tought.

Thanks a lot.. Appreciate the amount of time you spent explaining to me in such detail..

My pleasure here bro. You can always replace ipod batteries by your own. But it requires some work and if you're new to it, hopefully you don't screw your ipod up